Searchalaz
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need help with booting, can't find a way to boot to linux now..
Ok.. Once upon a time... oh (Edited by Computer101) it. well i installed linux, then i installed windows 98 then 2000 etc. so MBR has been overwritten, i can't find a way to boot to linux again, tried stuff like LOADLIN.EXE but it doesn't find my root system, which should be /dev/hda3 cause i can see it on explore2fs
i wan't to boot to linux again, i have o CD of it, only ISO in linux partition, so please help me ;)
i wan't to boot to linux again, i have o CD of it, only ISO in linux partition, so please help me ;)
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just in case u dont know how to edit lilo.conf here is one sample
--------------------------
prompt
timeout="100"
default=linux
boot="/dev/hda"
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
#message=/boot/message
lba32
vga="792"
image="/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.1
password=latex
label="linux"
read-only
root="/dev/hda3"
other=/dev/hda1
optional
label="win"
image="/boot/bzImage"
password=latex1
label="mynix1"
read-only
root="/dev/hda3"
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prompt
timeout="100"
default=linux
boot="/dev/hda"
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
#message=/boot/message
lba32
vga="792"
image="/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.1
password=latex
label="linux"
read-only
root="/dev/hda3"
other=/dev/hda1
optional
label="win"
image="/boot/bzImage"
password=latex1
label="mynix1"
read-only
root="/dev/hda3"
btw .. u can download dosutils and images from where u downloaded thelinux iso's
they put the ripped iso's also on mirrors
they put the ripped iso's also on mirrors
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i gave pretty good description on the rescue procedure, i believe that wud have worked for sure.
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also try this
linux root=/dev/hda3
earlier when i tried this .. this led me to the hard-disk installation ..
and i changed lilo.conf and ...etc